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Pierre Séguier
Pierre Séguier (; 28 May 1588 – 28 January 1672) was a French statesman, chancellor of France from 1635. Biography Early years Séguier was born in Paris to a prominent legal family originating in Quercy. His grandfather, Pierre Séguier (1504–1580), was '' président à mortier'' in the parliament of Paris from 1554 to 1576, and the chancellor's father, Jean Séguier, a ''seigneur d'Autry'', was civil lieutenant of Paris at the time of his death in 1596. Pierre was brought up by his uncle, Antoine Séguier, president and mortier in the parlement, and became master of requests in 1620. From 1621 to 1624 he was intendant of Guyenne, where he became closely allied with the duc d'Épernon. In 1624 he succeeded to his uncle's charge in the parlement, which he filled for nine years. Career In this capacity he showed great independence with regard to the royal authority; but when in 1633 he became keeper of the seals under Richelieu, he proceeded to bully and humiliate the ''pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Testelin
Henri Testelin (1616–1695) was a French painter and writer on art. Family Testelin was born in Paris as the son of Gilles Testelin, painter to king Louis XIII of France, Louis XIII. He was the younger brother of the painter Louis Testelin.Eugène Haag and Emile Haag, ''La France protestante'', IX, Paris 1859, p. 357-361''Testelin, Tettelin ou Tetelin, famille d'artistes''./ref> Académy royale In 1648, Henri Testelin became one of the founder members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. He succeeded his brother Louis as its secretary from 1650 and was nominated professor in 1656. In 1653, he suggested that academicians should regularly give lectures (''Conférences'') on art theory, a practise which was adopted and became a corner stone of the institution's activities. Testelin's own lectures consisted of his reading of Table (information), tables in which he summarised all the aspects of art theory his colleagues had previously presented. He published these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |